Premature birth occurs when nephrogenesis is incomplete and has been linked to increased renal pathologies in the adult. Metabolic factors complicating preterm birth may have additional consequences ...

Collapsing glomerulopathy (CG) is a type of kidney injury that occurs in focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). FSGS is a disease condition in which scar tissue develops on the glomeruli in ...

FSGS is a disease that damages the glomeruli, which are the filtering units inside the kidneys that clean the blood. It leads to scarring, or sclerosis, in the kidneys. FSGS only occurs in small ...

Scientists have quantified and mapped the functional units of the olfactory center in the brains of vinegar flies responsible for the perception of odors. The basic units of the olfactory system in ...

IN 1936, Kimmelstiel and Wilson 1 described a diffuse, microscopic lesion in the kidneys of 8 middle-aged and elderly diabetic patients with hypertension, profuse albuminuria and generalized edema.

Glomerulosclerosis refers to the scarring of the glomeruli in the kidneys following any type of insult. The glomeruli are the tiny loops of capillaries that rest on the special basement membrane which ...